Category: Featured
TV Update: Currington, Bentley, and Cyrus (6/17/11)
Currington To Play Fallon Tonight • Bentley Scores NHL Gig • Billy Ray Cyrus Special to Air on GAC
Jason Delkou Signs With SESAC
Singer/songwriter Jason Delkou, who is signed to Bigger Picture Group, affiliated with SESAC during a recent visit to its Nashville headquarters.
Category: Featured, Label, Organizations, Publishing
Is Spotify About To Enter The U.S.?
Spotify, the European “freemium” streaming service which allows users to listen to a set amount of music each month and also offers a paid premium version with unlimited music, has been trying to establish its service in the U.S. for several years. After a series of false starts, however, it appears this time Spotify may […]
Category: Featured
Pandora Drop Sends Mixed Signals
Pandora Media went public this week on June 15, with an offering priced at $16 per share. The stock opened at $20 a share, hitting a high of $26 and closing at $17.42. On Tuesday, before shares went onto the open market the company was valued at $2.6 billion. At one point on Wednesday the […]
Fun Photo Friday
Frankie Ballard w/ a “Bunch of [Media] Girls” • Lady A On CMT Top 20 Countdown • Jimmy Wayne w/ Hall and Oates • Thompson Square Fundraising T-shirt
Which Nashville Musicians are Highest Paid?
Forbes World’s 25 Highest Paid Musicians Includes Six From Nashville…
Artist Television Appearances (6/17/11)
Television appearances from Josh Turner, Randy Travis, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Mel Tillis, Chuck Wicks, and Billy Dean.
Friday Facts
Folk Festival Comes To Nashville • Miller Harris Foundation • Skaggs Visits Boston Pops • Songwriters Join With Musicians On Call
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Weekly Chart Report (6/17/11)
At least No. 1 isn’t so far away, Justin Moore. After a two week run at the top by Blake Shelton’s “Honey Bee,” Moore’s “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” takes over the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 spot to give the young Valory Music Co. artist his second No. 1 single.
Stiff Competition For Endorsement Deals
Celebrities are seeking licensing endorsement deals more actively than ever. Ad Age reports that celeb reps were working overtime at the Licensing International Expo, which took place this week in Las Vegas.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Music Industry Art Director Bill Johnson Passes
Grammy Award winning art director Bill Johnson has died at age 68. He passed away at home in Nashville on Wednesday (6/15) following a battle with lung cancer. As the art director at CBS Records in the 1980s and 1990s, he left his visual imprint on an entire generation of country record makers. Johnson was […]
